Venice: A literary list

At the beginning of January I put up a post about my wonderful Christmas present – a trip to Venice, and after I asked other bibliophiles for their recommendations of what to read on holiday, I was nearly as excited about my final choices as the trip itself! Thank you everyone who helped out with my holiday list!

I couldn’t reduce the list to anything less than five, but as they are mostly novellas or short stories. Here they are:

16 responses to “Venice: A literary list”

I have The Passion on my never ending TBR pile and had no idea that it was set in Venice. I am just going to add another book into the mix which if you don’t take or get or read before I may think you are mad, or madder. Miss Garnett’s Angel by Salley Vickers is AMAZING. Kimbofo recommended it to me just as a great read and it is sooooooo evocative of Venice its untrue. You will love it as its all about art and sculpture in parts too!

I’ve managed to get Death in Venice out of the library and am going to get Death a La Fenice from Amazon I think. I’m sort of tempted by Wings of a Dove but I worry it might be a bit heavy going as it’s only a few days holiday. Perhaps I should read it afterwards to reminisce!